Tennessee Code 7-84-512 – Geographical area – Size and form – Property included
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-84-512
- District: means the central business district created by ordinance or resolution by a municipality, or a corridor of central business districts created by joint agreement of two (2) or more municipalities. See Tennessee Code 7-84-103
- Governing body: means the council, commission, board or other body exercising general legislative power in the municipality. See Tennessee Code 7-84-503
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Municipality: means any incorporated city, town or metropolitan government of this state exercising general governmental functions in the state. See Tennessee Code 7-84-503
- Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Any central business improvement district created by a municipality may embrace two (2) or more separate property areas. Each district shall be of such size and form as to include all properties that, in the judgment of the governing body, shall be benefited by the improvements and services that are proposed to be made and provided in or for such district. The jurisdiction of a municipality to make and provide, finance and levy assessments for the cost of any improvements and services within a district shall not be impaired by a lack of commonness, unity, or singleness of the location, purpose or character of the improvements or services, or by the fact that any one (1) or more of the properties included in the district are subsequently determined not to be benefited by such improvement or improvements, or by a particular portion of the improvement or improvements, and is not assessed for such improvement or improvements.